September 7, 1993 –
The Chevy Chase Show landed with a thud, out of the gate, when it premiered on Fox, on this date. The show was cancelled six weeks later.
Lucie Salhany, the then-chairwoman of Fox Broadcasting, announced on October 17, 1993, that the network had decided to cancel the show “in the best interests of both its affiliated stations and its star.” Salhany spoke about Chevy Chase’s first episodes: “He was very nervous. It was uncomfortable and embarrassing to watch it.” Chase issued a statement regarding the cancellation, in which he called the talk-show format “very constraining.” Chase had never intended the show to be a long-term series, even if it had been successful, and admitted in an interview that he would “never be tied down for five years interviewing TV personalities.“
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